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As some in the US agonize over the country's pace in the "AI race," it seems China is already standing at the podium.

Artificial Intelligence

The US May Have Already Lost the AI Race to China Due to a Key Weakness

Lithuania recently announced a civil defense program meant to train some 7,000 children in the fine art of drone warfare.

This Country Is Teaching Children How to Build and Operate Deadly Drones

Kids and young adults are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the risks posed by unchecked and unaccountable AI chatbots.

Artificial Intelligence

Teens Keep Being Hospitalized After Talking to AI Chatbots

As AI slop farmers spam YouTube with their horrible content, the social media platform is tweaking its policies to stem the tide.

Artificial Intelligence

YouTube Is Drowning in AI Slop Channels

As officials struggle to control corruption in Albania, the prime minister suggests replacing government ministers with some sort of AI.

Artificial Intelligence

This Country Wants to Replace Its Corrupt Government With AI

Wall Street appears to be yanking its money out of one of the largest datacenter providers in the game, potentially an early warning sign.

Artificial Intelligence

The AI Industry Just Got Some Horrible News

Skepticism is mounting as the rate of progress for scalable artificial intelligence models appears to be slowing down.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Are Getting Seriously Worried That We’ve Already Hit Peak AI

Over the weekend, a huge swarm of jellyfish forced the Gravelines Nuclear Power Station in France to take four of its six reactors offline.

Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down by Furious Jellyfish

The rollout of Amazon's new "GenAI-powered" Alexa+ blends Orwell's 1984 with the exciting world of e-commerce.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon’s New Alexa AI Sounds Like a Dystopian Nightmare

In our present moment, the AI boom has become both a lifeline and a smokescreen, sustaining the market while hiding the rot below.

Artificial Intelligence

Beneath the AI Bubble, the Economy Looks Bleak

Desperate for connection it's no wonder that even the faithful among us are falling prey to sycophantic algorithms masquerading as deities.

Artificial Intelligence

A Bunch of Incredibly Sleazy AI Apps Are Claiming to Be Jesus Christ Himself

Over a year after a deadly listeria outbreak shut down a Boar's Head deli meat factory in Virginia, the infamous facility is set to reopen.

Science & Energy

Dark Rumors Swirl as Boar’s Head Plans to Reopen Notoriously Disgusting Meat Processing Plant

A 3,000 page chatlog details the startling path one Toronto father went down after ChatGPT suggested he had discovered a new kind of math.

Detailed Logs Show ChatGPT Leading a Vulnerable Man Directly Into Severe Delusions

A trapper near San Francisco made a colorful discovery after a wild boar's muscles had been stained with rat poison.

Science & Energy

Hunter Alarmed to Cut Into Feral Hogs and Discover Blue Meat

A six-month clinical trial found that whole foods are much for effective fuel for weight loss compared to their ultraprocessed counterparts.

Scientists Fed One Group of People Ultraprocessed Foods and Another Group Whole Foods, and the Difference in What Happened to Them Was Wild

The AI industry is struggling to make a dent in its expenditures, as the vast majority of users remain content to use its free model.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Industry Nervous About Small Detail: They’re Not Making Any Real Money

As spending on AI skyrockets to record-breaking records, it's becoming harder than ever for everyday people to find a well-paying job.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Making It Nearly Impossible to Find a Well-Paying Job. Is This the World We Want?

The Chinese state broadcasting group recently released footage of its newly developed "robot wolves" in simulated combat drills.

China Shows Off Armed Attack Robots

Data released by OpenAI shows a major drop-off in overall usage during weekends and the summer — when students aren't in class.

OpenAI Usage Plummets in the Summer, When Students Aren’t Cheating on Homework

Pollutants like plastics, forever chemicals, carbon exhaust, and bisphenols aren't just aberrations, but staples of life on Earth.

There Is a 100 Percent Chance That Your Body Is Deeply Contaminated With Dangerous Substances

After months of warnings from experts and users alike, OpenAI has issued a small update to give users "gentle reminders" to take breaks.

ChatGPT Now Issuing Warnings to Users Who Seem Obsessed

New research has found that the top LLM chatbots are remarkably easy to trick into supplying information about suicide and self-harm.

Nearly Two Months After OpenAI Was Warned, ChatGPT Is Still Giving Dangerous Tips on Suicide to People in Distress

A theoretical system known as "WhoFi" can identify individual people through walls with a 95.5 percent accuracy rate.

Alarming New System Can Identify People Through Walls Using Wi-Fi Signal

Musk's latest hot take goes beyond his typically edgy, middle-school contrarianism into full-throated chauvinism.

Elon Musk Shares Shockingly Sexist Tweet About Woman Being Property

A troubling new IVF startup claims it can predict a child's IQ and risk of disease based on the parent's race and genetic testing.

New IVF Startup Claims It Can Predict an Embryo’s IQ

New research out of Northwestern University found evidence that memories in the brain may be moving around in response to stimuli.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Find Evidence That Memories in Brain Are Physically Moving Around

Levels of the chemical byproduct TFA have multiplied rapidly over the past few years, as researchers scramble to catch up.

Almost All Rain Drops Contain the Same Weird Chemical

Many proud Cybertruck owners have discovered that their ultra-expensive rolling tanks are aging like room-temperature milk.

The Cybertruck Is Aging Like Fast Fashion on Temu

As thousands of employees leave the agency, NASA is warning its remaining staff to prepare for a dramatic escalation of physical security.

NASA Announces It Will Be Randomly Searching Employees

As Spotify struggles to explain itself to investors, musicians are fleeing the platform due to controversial investments in AI weapons tech.

Artificial Intelligence

Spotify Made a Huge Mistake With AI

A new analysis suggests that companies that deploy AI are becoming more efficient, despite rising unemployment among young workers.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Threatening Entry-Level Jobs That New Grads Needed to Get On-the-Job Training

Marketing materials for ICP's upcoming album, "The Naught" show telltale signs of AI-generated slop, and some juggalos aren't happy.

Artificial Intelligence

Juggalos Not Happy as Insane Clown Posse Releases AI-Generated Video

After beating Elon Musk's Tesla with automakers like BYD and Li Auto, Chinese tech firms are now setting their sights on robotics.

Elon Musk Is Getting Destroyed by Yet Another Chinese Company

An AI-generated piece of clickbait is crowding out the much-hyped release of Tyler, the Creator's "Don't Touch the Glass" on social media.

Tyler, the Creator’s New Album Is Getting Buried by AI Knockoff

AIs claiming to provide therapy are providing wildly inappropriate advice, video journalist Caelan Conrad found in new testing.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Therapist Goes Haywire, Urges User to Go on Killing Spree

As billions of dollars flood the AI industry in 2025, venture capitalist have begun exiting in droves, and the money isn't coming with them.

Artificial Intelligence

Investors Are Suddenly Pulling Out of AI

Spotify is populating the profiles of dead artists with AI-generated songs without the permission of their families or record labels.

Artificial Intelligence

Spotify Caught Doing Something Unbelievably Ghoulish With AI

Mere months after wrapping up a "$40 billion funding round," OpenAI company is said to be reopening its round on July 28.

OpenAI Is Quietly Trying to Get More Money as It Burns Through Cash at a Staggering Pace

A single burger at Elon Musk's new Tesla Diner could cost customers as much as $24, fries and drink not included.

Your Eyeballs Will Bug Out Like a Retro Cartoon Character When You Hear the Prices at Tesla’s New Burger Joint

A consortium of the world's most powerful moguls are plotting to rule the world by oligopoly, according to tech industry analyst Gil Duran.

The Industrialists

Tech Billionaires Accused of Quietly Working to Implement “Corporate Dictatorship”

Concerns are growing that private equity-led dental companies are pressuring patients into unnecessary treatments, with dangerous results.

“McDonald’s for Teeth”: Private Equity Is Destroying Our Teeth, Dental Professionals Warn

Tech industry hotshots are speaking out after a prominent OpenAI investor appeared to have a ChatGPT-induced mental health breakdown.

Artificial Intelligence

Tech Industry Figures Suddenly Very Concerned That AI Use Is Leading to Psychotic Episodes

Police in Florida are eating crow after it was revealed that a random man was wrongfully arrested based on AI.

Facial recognition

Police Use Busted Facial Recognition System, Arrest Random Man and Accuse Him of Horrible Crime

Dystopian Startup Lets the Wealthy Rent Off Duty Cops on Demand

A team of researchers issued an ominous warning of the types of vast psychological harm which comes with AI use.

Artificial Intelligence

Psychiatric Researchers Warn of Grim Psychological Risks for AI Users

A yeti cult that prompted the involvement of an exorcist is raising questions for the Catholic church in Denver.

The Catholic Church Reportedly Called in an Exorcist to Deal With “Yeti Cult” Running Bizarre Blood Rituals at Archdiocese of Denver

Encompass Health Corporation owns one out of every seven rehab facilities in the US, and its track record leaves something to be desired.

For-Profit Hospital Chain Reportedly Left Patient Lying in Pool of His Own Blood

Recently obtained "safety guidelines" from Surge AI, a data labeling company, reveal the ethical dilemmas facing AI workers.

Artificial Intelligence

Leaked Document Reveals Troubling Details About How AI Is Really Being Trained

Donald Trump's policy moves are coming in handy as the People's Republic of China scopes in on the global EV trade.

Electric Vehicles

China Is Using Trump’s Tactics Against Him to Corner the EV Market

Bedrock co-founder Geoff Lewis has posted increasingly troubling content on social media, drawing concern from friends in the industry.

A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say

Investors snubbed Donald Trump Junior's GrabAGun when it opened for public trading on the NYSE Wednesday morning.

Trump’s Son Just Went Public With His Company and It Flopped Spectacularly

Elon Musk's latest xAI scheme is raising red flags as minors as young as 12 are able to access the gamified sexual content.

Anti-Exploitation Group Horrified by Elon Musk’s AI-Powered Waifu

CEO Jensen Huang has an ominous warning for the labor market, which comes just after Nvidia became the most valuable company in history.

Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia CEO Says He Has Plans to Either Change or Eliminate Every Single Person’s Job With AI

A proposal put forward by Representative Gluesenkamp Perez would require members of congress to pass mental acuity exams in order to serve.

New Law Would Force Aging Members of Congress to Take Cognitive Tests

Detroit is waging legal battle against an international crypto scheme which is gobbling up low-incoming housing for profit.

A Company Tried to Put Real Estate on the Blockchain and Now It’s Facing a Legal Disaster

Solar power has become the fastest growing source of energy throughout the globe, with one gigawatt of capacity installed every 15 hours.

The Amount of Electricity Generated From Solar Is Suddenly Unbelievable

Chinese engineers recently announced a prototype maglev train had successfully reached speeds of up to 650 kilometers per hour.

China Working On Levitating Train That Could Get You From New York to Chicago in Two Hours

A new generative AI product claims to offer industry-capable film synthesis built using 100 percent publicly-licensed footage.

Artificial Intelligence

New Video-Generating AI Trained 100 Percent on Public Domain Films

An embarrassing exploit just uncovered the personal data of some 64 million McDonald's applicants sitting right out in the open.

Artificial Intelligence

McDonald’s Idiotic AI Hiring System Just Leaked Personal Data About Millions of Job Applicants

Vehicle rental company Hertz has partnered with Israeli tech company UVeye to charge exorbitant fees for tiny cosmetic dings.

Artificial Intelligence

Hertz Deploys AI Scanner That’s Charging Hundreds of Dollars for Tiny Scratches on Rental Cars

Rently is a hip new SaaS company offering management tools to make life even easier for landlords looking to rent out their apartments.

Trendy New Startup Makes You Pay to Tour Apartments When You’re Looking for Housing

Research shows that the brains of those who use drugs are substantially different than those who don't, well before drugs are actually used.

New Study Flips Everything We Know About Addiction Upside Down

The Tesla CEO's erratic political moves may force the board of directors to take the helm after Musk announced the "America Party."

Elon Musk’s Bizarre Behavior May Force Tesla Board to Step in, Analyst Warns

A massive round of layoffs is gutting some of the highest-level members of NASA as Trump continues gutting federal government programs.

More Than 2,100 NASA Staff Are Getting Gutted

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